Karkala : Karkala police who are investigating into the case of murder of a young woman named Poornima of Renjala, have arrested three more persons who had abetted the prime accused in committing the heinous act and disposing the body.
Police have already arrested Prabhaker Shetty, a make-up man on the charges of stabbing Poornima to death in his shop after she began to pressurize him to marry her. Those arrested are Praveen Tauro alias Babli, Guruprasad and Amaresh.
Of the three, Praveen and Guruprasad were autorickshaw drivers and had reportedly assisted Prabhaker Shetty in taking the body of Poornima in their vehicle and then dumping it in a ditch at Mastikatte, Shediguri in Hosabettu. Police are also searching for two more persons wanted in connection with this case.
As already reported, as per the revelations made by Prabhaker Shetty, the body of Poornima was exhumed from Hosabettu for an autopsy on June 9, Sunday.